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Before you dive full-force into the magic that is spring, take at least one last weekend to fully bask in the beauty of winter (or just toggle back and forth between winter and spring sports, like lots of Central Oregon outdoor enthusiasts do).

Mt. Bachelor’s VertFest, which celebrates the love of backcountry snow sports, is “fast becoming the largest national backcountry festival in America,” according to Mt. Bachelor.

Saturday’s activities include the uphill skinning and downhill skiing race on Bachelor’s Cone, as well as clinics and demos—and of course, beer. Plus, the funds raised go to support the Central Oregon Avalanche Center. Racers and clinic participants should register online at skireg.com/vertfest2020, with race packet pickup Friday at Crow’s Feet. Races start at 10am Saturday; clinics, including Intro to Backcountry Skiing and Splitboarding and a Companion Rescue Clinic take place Saturday morning and evening.

VertFest 2020
Sat., Feb 29. Races start at 10 am
Mt Bachelor
mtbachelor.com/event/vertfest-2020/
Race registration $25/$35 adults; Youth $15. Clinics $30

This article appears in Feb 26 – Mar 4, 2020.

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VertFest celebrates the trudging up as much as the gliding down

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 26, 2020

<h1>VertFest celebrates the trudging up as much as the gliding down</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 26, 2020</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">B</span>efore you dive full-force into the magic that is spring, take at least one last weekend to fully bask in the beauty of winter (or just toggle back and forth between winter and spring sports, like lots of Central Oregon outdoor enthusiasts do). </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/outside2.2-386aa71051712bf6.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/outside2.2-386aa71051712bf6.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-22067" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Get your vert on this Saturday.</figcaption></figure> <p> Mt. Bachelor's VertFest, which celebrates the love of backcountry snow sports, is "fast becoming the largest national backcountry festival in America," according to Mt. Bachelor. </p> <p> Saturday's activities include the uphill skinning and downhill skiing race on Bachelor's Cone, as well as clinics and demos—and of course, beer. Plus, the funds raised go to support the Central Oregon Avalanche Center. Racers and clinic participants should register online at <a href="http://skireg.com/vertfest2020" target="_blank">skireg.com/vertfest2020</a>, with race packet pickup Friday at Crow's Feet. Races start at 10am Saturday; clinics, including Intro to Backcountry Skiing and Splitboarding and a Companion Rescue Clinic take place Saturday morning and evening. </p> </p> <h5 class="content_h5"> <p> <b>VertFest 2020<br /> Sat., Feb 29. Races start at 10 am<br /> Mt Bachelor<br /> <a href="http://mtbachelor.com/event/vertfest-2020/" target="_blank">mtbachelor.com/event/vertfest-2020/<br /></a>Race registration $25/$35 adults; Youth $15. Clinics $30</b> </p> </h5> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/outside2.1-158c8c60eee6f4fb.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/outside2.1-158c8c60eee6f4fb.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-22069" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">What goes up must come down - fast.</figcaption></figure></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/outside/vertfest-celebrates-the-trudging-up-as-much-as-the-gliding-down-12070627/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=22053&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/outside/vertfest-celebrates-the-trudging-up-as-much-as-the-gliding-down-12070627/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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